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Difference Avro Vs Cloudevent Vs AsyncAPI | Best fit for Schema evolution and naming convention in kafka

I am using confluent schema registry.

What is the difference between Avro Vs Cloudevent Vs AsyncAPI

What is the best fit for Schema evolution and naming convention in kafka ?

Can we use different schema types for different topics based on requirement ?

Solution

  • First of all, looking at the other answer, AsyncAPI is not a library.

    CloudEvents is a specification for describing your event data AsyncAPI is a specification for defining API of your application that is part of event architecture. In simple words, it is like OpenAPI for REST

    They both can coexist https://www.asyncapi.com/blog/asyncapi-cloud-events/

    Avro is a binary data format for serialization and deserialization, like JSON or XML.

    All of those can work together, your Avro can be encapsulated in CloudEvents enveloped and a number of them can be listed in AsyncAPI file that describes your application.